| Essay Seven (Part Two)
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Last thoughts on Rhadi Ferguson and his products.
First, many of them take a great deal of courage. He
is talking about his mistakes, failures and misses. Instead of a triumph,
you have a down low view of every miss-step and wrong turn he took, from
offending referees he should have deferred to, to his mistaking a fluid for
a gas and the problems that caused him. It is blunt and honest, but
he is giving you the full view.
Second, over and over again you will get a view of how
much he loves and respects Judo. Sure, he is famous in many circles for his
advocacy that Judo players need to cross-train in JuJitsu or Wrestling to
improve their ground work and their games, but his deep regard for the gi
(and the need to spend 95% of your training time in the gi, even if you compete
in a no-gi sport), his love and respect for throwing techniques and his love
of the sport come through.
Third, that seems to explain why he spends so much time
on Judo even though he makes his money, his real money, doing other
things.
Finally, The Grind is impressing me more and more.
The Experience is kind of a "mini-Grind" -- similar audio CDs in many
ways (though the topics are different, and they go well as a set rather than
one in the place of the other). I need to spend more time with the
DVDs before I write more on the topic, and I may not, -- you can visit him
on the Internet and read what he has to say yourself.
Useful links include
The
Judo Forum (I've linked to the topic that convinced me that I did not
know enough to post there); The Judo
Information Site; and:
Find what fits you and what fits your needs.
Judo Success
Secrets or a thousand other potential products are out there. You need
to understand yourself and your Judo well enough to read reviews, talk to
people and decide what you need next and what will take you to the next level.
On books: go to your library, use interlibrary
loan, and you can order anything. You should never buy a martial arts
book until you've read it twice for free. On Masterclass
Judo books, there are much cheaper places to buy them than Amazon, but it
is a great place to read about them.
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